Launch waitlist tools

GetWaitlist alternative for launches that want a number, not a leaderboard.

A launch waitlist with built-in referrals, leaderboards, and email blasts for product launches.

Who GetWaitlist is for
Founders running a pre-launch waitlist who want people to move up by referring friends.
Their price
From $15/mo after a 7-day trial; no free plan for accounts created after June 12, 2025 (getwaitlist.com)
Unwaited
Free for 100 signups a month; Starter $10 a month for 2,500.

When GetWaitlist is the better choice

  • Referral links, leaderboards, and moving people up the list when they share.
  • Email blasts to the whole list from the dashboard, with custom templates on higher plans.
  • Traffic, referral, and UTM analytics.
  • Team seats on the Pro plan.

When Unwaited is

  • A free plan for new accounts, and paid plans from $10 a month.
  • Capacity per day, week, or month, opening hours, and time slots, so the same tool runs a bakery's preorders and a gym's classes, not only launches.
  • Joiners get a status link and can leave the line themselves, which frees the spot.
  • Position numbers assigned under a database lock, with a documented API and signed webhooks on the $10 plan.

Side by side

What each one does

Prices and limits are what GetWaitlist's public pages showed on 17 September 2026. Check them before you decide.

FeatureGetWaitlistUnwaited
Starting price$15/mo, trial onlyFree; Starter $10/mo
Referral links and leaderboardsYesNo
Email blasts to the listYesNo, export CSV to your email tool
Confirmation email with status linkYes, on paidYes, all plans
Capacity per day, week, or monthNoYes
Time slots with per-slot capsNoYes
Remove branding$50/mo plan$20/mo plan
API and webhooksYes, from $15/moAPI free; webhooks from $10/mo

Switching

How to move from GetWaitlist

  1. Step 1

    Export your signups from GetWaitlist as CSV.

  2. Step 2

    Create a waitlist from the SaaS launch recipe and paste the script tag where the old widget was.

  3. Step 3

    Share the new hosted link. Keep the CSV; positions on the new list start at #1.

Ready-made waitlist

Start from the recipe people leaving them use

Each one is a ready-made waitlist with the capacity, hours, and fields already set. Sign in, one click, and it is live.

App launches

Recipe

Early access

Open no cap

No cap. The list stays open until you pause it or launch.

  • Unlimited
  • Open any time
  • 3 fields
Use recipeDetails

Beta apps

Recipe

Private beta

500 in total

500 seats total. The form reads as full at 500.

  • 500 total
  • Open any time
  • 4 fields
Use recipeDetails

Developers

Recipe

API preview

Open no cap

No cap. The list stays open until you pause it.

  • Unlimited
  • Open any time
  • 3 fields
Use recipeDetails

FAQ

Questions

Does GetWaitlist have a free plan?

Not for new accounts. Since June 12, 2025, a new GetWaitlist account gets a 7-day trial of the $15 Basic plan and then pays or stops. Unwaited's free plan is 100 signups a month with unlimited waitlists, and there is no trial clock.

Does Unwaited have referral links?

No. Positions are the order people joined. If sharing to move up is the point of your launch, use a referral tool.

Can I import my existing list?

Not from the dashboard. You can POST each row to the API with an API key from a short script, and they get numbers in that order.

Can I email everyone when I launch?

Export the CSV and send from your own email tool. Unwaited sends the confirmation and one-at-a-time "your turn" emails, not campaigns.

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